Iran

Baghali polo ba mahicheh

Name: Baghali polo ba mahicheh
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Persian
Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups soaked 2 hours basmati rice; 300 g shelled and skinned broad beans cooked fava beans (fava beans); 2 big bunches chopped (or 15 g dried) dill leaves; 2 lamb shanks about 1 kg on the bone lamb (lamb or tender mutton); 2 sliced onion; 3 cloves garlic; 1 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 1 stick cinnamon; a big pinch steeped in 3 tbsp hot water saffron; 4 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); Salt, to taste; Water, for braising

Dill and broad bean rice with meltingly soft lamb shanks. A Persian feast in one pot.

180 minTime

30 gProtein each

mildSpice

Dill, beans and saffron2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayFresh dill and baghali with lamb shanks and tahdig.

The original

754kcalsame

30 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

180minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Basmati rice2¼ cups, soaked 2 hours

Cooked fava beans (fava beans)300 g shelled and skinned broad beans

Dill leaves2 big bunches, chopped (or 15 g dried)

Lamb (lamb or tender mutton)2 lamb shanks, about 1 kg on the bone

Onion2, sliced

Garlic3 cloves

Turmeric (ground turmeric)1 tsp

Cinnamon1 stick

Saffrona big pinch, steeped in 3 tbsp hot water

Butter4 tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Saltto taste

Waterfor braising

Method

5 steps

1Brown the shanks in oil, add onion, garlic, turmeric and cinnamon and cook until the onion softens. Add water and salt, cover and braise.
2Boil the soaked rice in plenty of salted water for 6 minutes, adding the broad beans in the last minute. Drain.
3Toss the rice with the dill. Melt half the butter in a pot with a splash of water, then mound the rice in. Poke holes with a spoon handle.
4Cover with a towel wrapped lid and steam on low until fluffy, with a crust at the bottom.
5Drizzle saffron water and remaining butter over some of the rice. Serve with the shanks and their juices.

Serve it like this

Mound the rice on a big platter, saffron grains on top, with a shank on each plate and the juices spooned over.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Iran

Baghali polo ba mahicheh

Dill and broad bean rice with meltingly soft lamb shanks. A Persian feast in one pot.

180 minTime

30 gProtein each

mildSpice

Dill, beans and saffron2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayFresh dill and baghali with lamb shanks and tahdig.

The original

754kcalsame

30 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

180minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Basmati rice2¼ cups, soaked 2 hours

Cooked fava beans (fava beans)300 g shelled and skinned broad beans

Dill leaves2 big bunches, chopped (or 15 g dried)

Lamb (lamb or tender mutton)2 lamb shanks, about 1 kg on the bone

Onion2, sliced

Garlic3 cloves

Turmeric (ground turmeric)1 tsp

Cinnamon1 stick

Saffrona big pinch, steeped in 3 tbsp hot water

Butter4 tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Saltto taste

Waterfor braising

Method

5 steps

1Brown the shanks in oil, add onion, garlic, turmeric and cinnamon and cook until the onion softens. Add water and salt, cover and braise.
2Boil the soaked rice in plenty of salted water for 6 minutes, adding the broad beans in the last minute. Drain.
3Toss the rice with the dill. Melt half the butter in a pot with a splash of water, then mound the rice in. Poke holes with a spoon handle.
4Cover with a towel wrapped lid and steam on low until fluffy, with a crust at the bottom.
5Drizzle saffron water and remaining butter over some of the rice. Serve with the shanks and their juices.

Serve it like this

Mound the rice on a big platter, saffron grains on top, with a shank on each plate and the juices spooned over.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Baghali polo ba mahicheh

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Baghali polo ba mahicheh

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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